. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2 1. TRACHYNOTUS FALCATUS *. Labrus falcatus, Liun. Syst. Nat. i. p. 475 (1766). Gasterosteus ovatus, Linn. t. c. p. 490. Scomber falcatus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 57 (1775). TracKinotus falcatus, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 79 (1802). Trachinotus teraia, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. 418 (1831). Trachynotus ovatus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 481 (1860); Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, p. 709 ; Klunz. Verb, Ges
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2 1. TRACHYNOTUS FALCATUS *. Labrus falcatus, Liun. Syst. Nat. i. p. 475 (1766). Gasterosteus ovatus, Linn. t. c. p. 490. Scomber falcatus, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 57 (1775). TracKinotus falcatus, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 79 (1802). Trachinotus teraia, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. 418 (1831). Trachynotus ovatus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 481 (1860); Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, p. 709 ; Klunz. Verb, Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 449, and Fische Roth. Meer. p. 103 (1884); Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 332 (1891) ; Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 21. Trachinotus maxillosus (non C. k V.), Bleek. Nat. Verh. Ges. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, p. 78, pi. xvii. Trachinotus martini, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, p. 711, pi. i. fig. 1. Fig. Trachinotus falcatus. St. Louis, i. Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3| times. Profile of snout very steep, nearly vertical in adult; eye as long as or a little longer than snout, 3 to 3|- times in length of head, equal to interorbital width; maxillary extending to below centre or anterior * In view of the wide distribution and extensive synonymy of this species, I have confined myself to references to African specimens, on which the present description is exclusively based. |^#*M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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